Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | by the time Sophie-Carmen was six , she was improvising freely at the piano ( though it was to be a year-and-a-half before she had any formal instruction in music ) . |
| 2 | I glanced at Carol but she was staring vacantly at the fire . |
| 3 | She was peering closely at the drawings . |
| 4 | Gazing blankly at the colour chart that was thrust into her hands , she felt as though she was falling apart at the seams , as though all the muscles and tendons that were holding her body together were snapping one by one . |
| 5 | Mrs Page-Alucard had apparently been murdered while she was working alone at the centre . |